By Sean Barron

news@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

Many people are aware of construction work that has closed a major portion of Lincoln Avenue near Youngstown State University as well as work slated to begin next month on adjacent Wick Avenue.

But the Mahoning County commissioners were told Tuesday that as you travel through other parts of the county the rest of the summer into early fall, you likely will notice numerous other, smaller road projects.

Paving got underway Tuesday on a 1.5-mile stretch of South Turner Road between Mahoning Avenue and Kirk Road in Austintown, county Engineer Patrick T. Ginnetti said at the commissioners’ meeting.

State Line Paving of North Lima is working on the road, Ginnetti said, though he did not provide a cost figure, saying that it is part of an estimated $1.9 million that has been allocated this year for repaving 16 miles of county roads via Ohio Public Works Commission grant funds and local dollars.

Work recently wrapped up on North Turner Road and Norquest Boulevard between Mahoning Avenue and Ohltown Road in Austintown, Ginnetti noted.

Also, paving on Bailey Road between Mahoning Avenue and County Line Road in Jackson Township, which is being funded with federal money, is to wrap up soon, he continued.

Ginnetti mentioned several other OPWC-funded road projects in Boardman that are set to begin soon. Most or all should be finished by late September, he estimated.

Those include Southern Boulevard on the east side of the railroad tracks between Indianola Road and the Youngstown city limits; Glenwood Avenue between Ewing and Shields roads; and Shields Road between Lockwood Boulevard and Tippecanoe Road as well as between Tippecanoe and Mission Hills Drive. Also slated for repaving are parts of Truesdale and Hopkins roads, along with Sheban Drive near Mill Creek Park.

In Green Township, Lisbon Road between Pine Lane Road and state Route 14 will be resurfaced, he continued.

Ginnetti explained many county roads, especially those heavily traveled, are in poor shape, in part because of harsh winters a few years ago. Nevertheless, he said, the engineer’s office continues to work with a limited budget.

“There’s just not enough money to fix every road,” the engineer added.

The next commissioners’ meeting is set for 9 a.m. Sept. 1 at the Ohio State University Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield.